As a self-taught adult improver, I think tactics and openings are the easier topics to learn/practice. Strategy went under the radar for the first 2 years of my chess journey, just now starting to work on this as recommended by my coach who I just had my first lesson with 2 weeks ago. When Ben mentioned simple chess as a primer for chess strategy, I knew I had to get it. Arrived yesterday, just read the first chapter. This is amazing! explained in a simple way, eye openers. Truly amazing!
Wow, I’ve played two of these guys OTB. I lost as Black to Jesse in a Morra Gambit (he was an expert and I was 1300 or so) in 1987 and drew David (also as Black, in a Sicilian Dragon) in 1997, when David and I were both experts.
Jesse, my daughter has to endure my watching chess on TH-cam regularly, but this morning she says, "Jesse is my favorite person that you watch on chess, because he's funny and really good at chess!" LOL (I agree, btw.) Always enjoy these videos!
I'm so glad Think Like a SuperGM was mentioned. I'm going through it at the moment and it feels like a 'no expense spared' book. Each puzzle has a much greater amount of analysis dedicated to it than the average puzzle book I've read, first by some of the other players, and then longer annotations by Adams himself. The fact that every puzzle has 4 or 5 people analysing it means the book lives up to the title, since you can directly compare the thought process of Adams compared to other players all the way from unrated to GM. And as Ben said the puzzles cover a nice range of different levels, and they don't feel biased towards a certain type of solution. I enjoyed the diversity of players involved and the mini biographies they get in the introduction. Great book and probably the best chess book I've read so far. Another honourable mention for me would be Grooten's Chess Strategy For Club Players. It's the first chess book I read and it holds up very well. Accessible, well organised, well-written, and would be my first recommendation for a player in their first year of chess improvement! The next books I intend to read are NY 1924 and Tal/Botvinnik 1960 based on their recommendations here.
The books that got me to Expert: 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate - Fred Reinfeld 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations - Fred Reinfeld Simple Chess - Michael Stean Think Like a Grandmaster - Alexander Kotov Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur - Max Euwe New Ideas in Chess - Larry Evans My Sixty Memorable Games - Bobby Fischer My Best Games of Chess: 1935-1957 - Vasily Smyslov Modern Chess Strategy - Ludek Pachman Masters of the Chessboard - Richard Reti
Brilliant discussion...excited to see dojo 2.0. I picked up 7 Deadly Sins after a psychologically tough tournament, and it definitely "resonates spiritually".
agree 100%, even though I'm not yet through the book! The introduction alone really was a light bulb moment for me! Laying out this progression from taking pieces to spotting tactics to accumulating tiny advantages really made me understand the journey of chess improvement in a sudden instant. Sounds obvious but it had never been this clear to me. I've recently begun playing a stronger opponent in my daily games (I've been playing around 700-900 and he's 1600) and really noticed this progression first hand. At 600 people just blunder pieces (even in daily), at 800 they miss simpler tactics from time to time. At 1600 I'm staring at a brick wall when it comes to these simple wins- time to improve and this book feels like a good place to start.
The discussion of My System is interesting. To make an analogy, one can acknowledge the ideas introduced in Newton's Principia Mathematica, but I would never recommend it as a Physics textbook to anyone
I'd love a future Dojo Talks that goes deep on My System - it feels like there's a lot more to talk about there. Is it a good choice for a current student? Does it have anything that more modern books don't have? Since when are discovered checks an element of positional chess? Why does Nimzowitsch love overprotection so much, and is he right?
Reading "My System" and remembering it is a lot like learning Latin for the purposes of understanding other romance languages. At least for me, My System is a foundational text that informs my understanding of an incredibly vast portion of my repertoire. Could I have skipped it? I don't think so. Page-for-page, it's one of the most valuable reads. I know it's somewhat out of date, but it's very difficult to find chess books that speak directly about principles and ideas. The closest I've found are Johan Hellsten's books and videos, where he describes many important concepts in painstaking detail. I love that stuff.
"Attacking Chess" by Josh Waitzkin is my favorite chess book. "End Game" by Frank Brady is a terrific book. Irving Chernov is my favorite author. Too many chess books are impossible to read (for example "My Great Predecessors").
This was a well thought out video. I copied the list into my notebook and am making it a mission to read all the doubles on the list by the end of the year.
I can't believe how many are unaware of Lasker's Manual of Chess, the last book written by a world champion that attempts to explain chess in one volume. Lasker from the start teaches combinations by also exhaustively discussing why there should be a game deciding combination in the first place, you know, the fundamental question learners have about how to apply their puzzle knowledge in an actual game. Lasker's Manual to me is the best book ever written for adult learners of the game who know they will never contend for a title. It has an entire chapter on just fun positions, the aesthetic effect in chess. Lasker as a self-taught philosopher, and thus his book is one of the deepest trying to relate chess to the outside world. You might reject his philosophy, but when one reads Lasker's descriptions of how everything is based on valuations derived from one's own experience, suddenly one realizes that Lasker living today would be happily working on AI at some big tech company.
In regard to The Kalinichenko endgame book that Jesse loves - I believe that the Convekta/ChessOK/ChessKing software "Chess Endgame Training" is the same material. IM ICCF Alexander Alpert is credited in both sources as the compiler. A much cheaper option than trying to find the book. Plus, it's already loaded on the computer.
Keres is estonian, was the book written in German? I doubt it, but maybe for a wide breadth of readers. I’m looking for an original estonian copy, valitud mängud.
@@TravelingMooseMedia I have a copy in German, not sure if there is aan Estonian version. Probably there is, but I would not be able to read it anyway. John Nunn has edited a 2-volume set on Keres´ book and extended it in time till 1975. They are called The Road to the Top and The Quest for Perfection.
Huge thanks and a huge like for a list of good books. I'm gonna definitely check out some of them like, _Pump Up Your Rating, Perfect Your Chess, Endgame Strategy, Think like a Super-GM,_ and Tal's games. As to Aagaard, Hellsten, Nunn and other famous chess authors, I'm very well acquainted with their excellent books.
The problem with including lower-level introductory books is that there are so many and that they tend to get better and better as the amount of chess books published increases. Chernev's "Logical Chess" was a classic in it's day, but much better "move-by-move" books have since been written, building upon his concept. There are so many good books for young players, that it would be more helpful to list those books that a young player should NOT read. Two "beginner" books that still stand up are Chernev's "Capa's Best Chess Endings" and Sunil Weeramantry's "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach." And props to IM Pruess for including the game collections of Nimzovich, Alekhine, Tal and Fischer. I'd also include the game collections of Keres, Botvinnik, Smyslov and Shirov.
Thanks for the comment. I think Botvinnik, Smyslov, and Shirov while not making the cut in this show, did make the cut as books in the overall Dojo Training Plan curriculum. There's a Keres book that I love and suggested, but did not quite fit in.
1:45 yes!!!! Form some one that plays both chess and golf at high level it's that moment in sports when one's mind is in a state of Zen Zone. "The “zone” is a state of supreme focus helps athletes in all sports perform at their peak potential. It is when your mind fully connects with that moment or goal, Attention is absorbed into the present (the here and now only)." In chess a sport of the mind it can be over the bord or in learning connecting the pieces like a puzzle and just like that the image begins to take shape, your long climb over the mountain of errors, inaccuracy and blunders ends and starts a new Journey descending down into the valley of knowing and understanding, the mind is the a well for knowledge it must first be filled, then can you drink from it.
This was great to watch. It was interesting to hear your thoughts, and you came up with a nice list at the end. Also, it is clear that you all are good friends, and that was fun to watch. I think it would be challenging and interesting for you guys to do this but limiting yourselves to books published after 2000 (or another year). Another idea is to do this exercise but for books for 2000+ rated players. My FIDE and USCF are inactive but both over 2200 and I'd like to see what you have for that. Sure, there would be several Dvoretsky books and Kasparov's books would get through the door, too. :-)
I've read Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, and David's comment that this can make someone into a chess player is spot on. I'm going to get to Grandmaster Preparation by Polugaevsky when I can clear out my current reading list.
My favorite chess book of all time is "Fischer Spassky move by move" by Larry Evans. By quite some margin, actually. In a perfect world, there would be similar books on the other WC matches, too.
@zachhaywood1564 I ordered that mandatory copy of Silman's Endgame Course 30% off Cyber Monday sale. It arrives today. I also have the signed hard copy of Reassess Your Chess. R.I.P. Silman
Great video! I'm a 1400 strength player trying to start a chess book collection, and this video was super helpful. You've earned a new subscriber :) It would be cool if you guys made a video about Nimzowitsch's My System and why it's so controversial (unless you already did, haha)
One glaring error in "My Great Predecessors Vol. IV", is the A. Saidy - R. Fischer game on page 314 where Kasparov gives 47... Nh5?! as played. Saidy himself has said the scoresheet showed 47... Ne4! was the actual move. And he should know. After the erred move Kasparov 47... Nh5?! he gives an analysis of a drawing line which could never take place because 47... Ne4! was played forcing a win.
I wonder if Nihal Sarin would die by laughter if he heard Jesse and David tell people to read My System. Jk great video and great idea having Ben on for this.
I don't consider any game Collection in my top 10 or top 100,this is not real training, its a pleasure, when I am too lazy for training :p Ofc you can stop and analyse diagram or visualise position in your head and pretend its a training but it is more practical to read games collections organized around pawn structures or patterns or ideas (ex attack) I love idea+example+exercises kind of books in my training. Yusupov series In my opinion is the best training book, straight to the point, every idea has multiple examples and even more exercises. I also loved shereshevsky, dvoretsky endgame manual, 100endgames, Aagard attacking manual, cognitive chess(visualisation), L Polgar "chess". Its top 6 or 7 :p i am 1st category player, close to CM level. All kinds of calculation puzzle(not just combinations and tactics) books are very important too
I have some of these books, but find some less accessible than they could be because they were written when descriptive notation was used, so you have to learn that first. Maybe there are some modern reprints of e.g. Fischer's games with the current notation system? I'm not aware of any, but it would be helpful to those of us who don't want to spend time wrapping their heads around a system that's now obsolete.
Very interesting and enjoyable discussion, but I feel like the guys other than Kostya really are underrating more modern books. In terms of improving chess ability/understanding, Grandmaster Preparation and Dvoretsky (and also Yusupov imo) have to be near the top.
I would love to know what you think about the chessbooks from Arthur van de Oudeweetering. He has written „Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition“ (2014) and „Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition“ (2016) and last but not least „Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners“ (2019). Do you have any thoughts on how well this book fits an adult improver with 1800 Elo (in real life, not online) who whants to become a better chessplayer?
Can anyone on this thread recommend a book that specifically examines the initial phase of the middlegame once the opening is over? I remember some famous books called "From the middlegame into the endgame" and "from the opening into the endgame" - I'm essentially looking for a "from the opening into the middlegame" - a book about getting pieces to optimal squares and getting the bone firmly in the dog's teeth.
Two excellent books complete manual of positional chess volumes 1 & 2 are missing in their list. Amateur's mind is also missing. The art of sacrifice in chess 21st century edition is missing. Many good books are missing
Kostya! Buddy, you gotta control your "um". Between 15:22 and 17:22 you said "um" 14 times!!! As a listener it's super distracting. Sharing this obviously because I really enjoy your pod and want it to get better. thx.
Great stuff!! Thanks for all the amazing content, it's much appreciated! I was wondering: I've been looking for chess books to read without a board, ie novels or biographies / history. Would anybody care to make a suggestion? I'm reading Shenk's The Immortal Game at the moment...
@@perpetualchesspodcast9143 thanks so much Ben! I was going to order the Anand Files, but it seems to be out if print, at least according to euro amazon. But I‘ll do some digging, sounds like a gem of a book!
@@TheBigGuppy There is a book by McDonald, Marin, Franco, prize winning series by Aagaard. And dozens of very good puzzle books, most of which are about Attack.
Kostya was closest to being right :). I like Ben's list too, some more unusual titles there.....Re My System/ Chess Praxis - I'm with Ben, why waste your precious time, there are much better books out there
Worst book for me was nimzowich my system. I trusted it way too much never really understood it but always tried to look through its lense rather than think for myself
I love the idea of reading chess books, and I bought quite a collection because I love what they are trying to say, but I feel that I am not ready to read them. I am surprised that the Kasparov vs Karpov series by Kasparov was not mentioned. They are my most prized possessions, which I hope I become capable of reading one day. Fritz, the PC program, once told me my blitz rating was 1800, which I don't believe. I believe my chess rating is around 800. I believe that I will never give up on Chess. I just love the idea of the game, and even if I feel dispassionate and uninterested about chess sometimes, I don't get discouraged. I wish I could learn from a chess coach. I want to learn as much as I can about chess. I have been using the training module on Fritz to improve, and the only book that I have read is Winning Chess Tactics, by Yaseer Seirawan. I like reading generally, and I read Mr Seirawan's book like I read any other book, but I used a chess set to play the moves. This didn't help me a lot. I want to be able to visualise chess moves in my mind, without using a chess board. I like this chess channel on TH-cam, and I hope you go from strength to strength.
These are def not very good lists! None of the Kasparov books belong on this list. Where are more John Nunn's books? Where is Jan Timman? Tibor Karolyi? Not even one Soltis book? No Mihail Marin??? No one thought of Smyslov book, by Terekhov? What about at least one book by Hendriks? Also, as a general comment, most so-called classic books are overrated. Today's books are vastly superior, not just in terms of analysis, but in terms of selection of games, explanations, and general research.
FWIW I was discussing most instructive books. If we were doing personal favorites I would have had Timman's Titans and On the Origin of Good Moves in there for sure. IMO You've got good taste in chess books! - Ben
As a self-taught adult improver, I think tactics and openings are the easier topics to learn/practice. Strategy went under the radar for the first 2 years of my chess journey, just now starting to work on this as recommended by my coach who I just had my first lesson with 2 weeks ago.
When Ben mentioned simple chess as a primer for chess strategy, I knew I had to get it. Arrived yesterday, just read the first chapter. This is amazing! explained in a simple way, eye openers. Truly amazing!
Wow, I’ve played two of these guys OTB. I lost as Black to Jesse in a Morra Gambit (he was an expert and I was 1300 or so) in 1987 and drew David (also as Black, in a Sicilian Dragon) in 1997, when David and I were both experts.
Wow! Did not know Jesse used to play the Morra!! Also, hi Tim, I remember :)
Jesse, my daughter has to endure my watching chess on TH-cam regularly, but this morning she says, "Jesse is my favorite person that you watch on chess, because he's funny and really good at chess!" LOL (I agree, btw.) Always enjoy these videos!
made my day!
I'm so glad Think Like a SuperGM was mentioned. I'm going through it at the moment and it feels like a 'no expense spared' book. Each puzzle has a much greater amount of analysis dedicated to it than the average puzzle book I've read, first by some of the other players, and then longer annotations by Adams himself. The fact that every puzzle has 4 or 5 people analysing it means the book lives up to the title, since you can directly compare the thought process of Adams compared to other players all the way from unrated to GM. And as Ben said the puzzles cover a nice range of different levels, and they don't feel biased towards a certain type of solution. I enjoyed the diversity of players involved and the mini biographies they get in the introduction. Great book and probably the best chess book I've read so far.
Another honourable mention for me would be Grooten's Chess Strategy For Club Players. It's the first chess book I read and it holds up very well. Accessible, well organised, well-written, and would be my first recommendation for a player in their first year of chess improvement!
The next books I intend to read are NY 1924 and Tal/Botvinnik 1960 based on their recommendations here.
The books that got me to Expert:
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate - Fred Reinfeld
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations - Fred Reinfeld
Simple Chess - Michael Stean
Think Like a Grandmaster - Alexander Kotov
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur - Max Euwe
New Ideas in Chess - Larry Evans
My Sixty Memorable Games - Bobby Fischer
My Best Games of Chess: 1935-1957 - Vasily Smyslov
Modern Chess Strategy - Ludek Pachman
Masters of the Chessboard - Richard Reti
What is your rating
Talk about a vintage list
@@kylen6430 I'm a vintage guy.
Brilliant discussion...excited to see dojo 2.0. I picked up 7 Deadly Sins after a psychologically tough tournament, and it definitely "resonates spiritually".
Simple Chess is the first book that I read that made me "get" chess. Everything just started clicking after that.
agree 100%, even though I'm not yet through the book! The introduction alone really was a light bulb moment for me! Laying out this progression from taking pieces to spotting tactics to accumulating tiny advantages really made me understand the journey of chess improvement in a sudden instant. Sounds obvious but it had never been this clear to me. I've recently begun playing a stronger opponent in my daily games (I've been playing around 700-900 and he's 1600) and really noticed this progression first hand. At 600 people just blunder pieces (even in daily), at 800 they miss simpler tactics from time to time. At 1600 I'm staring at a brick wall when it comes to these simple wins- time to improve and this book feels like a good place to start.
Yes! This is one of the few books that I always recommend.
The discussion of My System is interesting. To make an analogy, one can acknowledge the ideas introduced in Newton's Principia Mathematica, but I would never recommend it as a Physics textbook to anyone
Perfect analogy.❤
"My System & Chess Praxis" accelerates your theory learning if read right. Not for begginers.
I'd love a future Dojo Talks that goes deep on My System - it feels like there's a lot more to talk about there. Is it a good choice for a current student? Does it have anything that more modern books don't have? Since when are discovered checks an element of positional chess? Why does Nimzowitsch love overprotection so much, and is he right?
look at David's face starting from 45:40, the way he lights up at Jesse's almost unthinkable statements is almost magical
Are you Somebody I used to know 🤔?
Reading "My System" and remembering it is a lot like learning Latin for the purposes of understanding other romance languages. At least for me, My System is a foundational text that informs my understanding of an incredibly vast portion of my repertoire. Could I have skipped it? I don't think so. Page-for-page, it's one of the most valuable reads. I know it's somewhat out of date, but it's very difficult to find chess books that speak directly about principles and ideas. The closest I've found are Johan Hellsten's books and videos, where he describes many important concepts in painstaking detail. I love that stuff.
Read it again once you become better. You will get more out of it.
My System and Art of Attack both carry a sort of religiosity about them. People seem to adopt the principles presented in either book as law.
"Attacking Chess" by Josh Waitzkin is my favorite chess book. "End Game" by Frank Brady is a terrific book. Irving Chernov is my favorite author. Too many chess books are impossible to read (for example "My Great Predecessors").
Gentlemen, fantastic podcast and perfect guest in Ben for this topic in particular. I got entertained!
This was a well thought out video. I copied the list into my notebook and am making it a mission to read all the doubles on the list by the end of the year.
50 years ago I remember spent all night reading Modern Ideas in Chess, when I should have been doing my homework.
I can't believe how many are unaware of Lasker's Manual of Chess, the last book written by a world champion that attempts to explain chess in one volume. Lasker from the start teaches combinations by also exhaustively discussing why there should be a game deciding combination in the first place, you know, the fundamental question learners have about how to apply their puzzle knowledge in an actual game. Lasker's Manual to me is the best book ever written for adult learners of the game who know they will never contend for a title. It has an entire chapter on just fun positions, the aesthetic effect in chess. Lasker as a self-taught philosopher, and thus his book is one of the deepest trying to relate chess to the outside world. You might reject his philosophy, but when one reads Lasker's descriptions of how everything is based on valuations derived from one's own experience, suddenly one realizes that Lasker living today would be happily working on AI at some big tech company.
The first one I read and would highly recommend for a beginner is Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide To Chess.
In regard to The Kalinichenko endgame book that Jesse loves - I believe that the Convekta/ChessOK/ChessKing software "Chess Endgame Training" is the same material. IM ICCF Alexander Alpert is credited in both sources as the compiler. A much cheaper option than trying to find the book. Plus, it's already loaded on the computer.
If you are watching wish you the best chess career
Strange no one mentions Zurich 1953. Also, often overlooked, Paul Keres´ Ausgewählte Partien, definitely deserves a mention in lists like these.
Keres is estonian, was the book written in German? I doubt it, but maybe for a wide breadth of readers. I’m looking for an original estonian copy, valitud mängud.
@@TravelingMooseMedia I have a copy in German, not sure if there is aan Estonian version. Probably there is, but I would not be able to read it anyway. John Nunn has edited a 2-volume set on Keres´ book and extended it in time till 1975. They are called The Road to the Top and The Quest for Perfection.
@@Sacmater thanks for the info
Huge thanks and a huge like for a list of good books. I'm gonna definitely check out some of them like, _Pump Up Your Rating, Perfect Your Chess, Endgame Strategy, Think like a Super-GM,_ and Tal's games. As to Aagaard, Hellsten, Nunn and other famous chess authors, I'm very well acquainted with their excellent books.
Thanks for the great overview. 👍🏽 I've just purchased a Kindle version of New York 1924. 😎
The problem with including lower-level introductory books is that there are so many and that they tend to get better and better as the amount of chess books published increases. Chernev's "Logical Chess" was a classic in it's day, but much better "move-by-move" books have since been written, building upon his concept. There are so many good books for young players, that it would be more helpful to list those books that a young player should NOT read. Two "beginner" books that still stand up are Chernev's "Capa's Best Chess Endings" and Sunil Weeramantry's "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach." And props to IM Pruess for including the game collections of Nimzovich, Alekhine, Tal and Fischer. I'd also include the game collections of Keres, Botvinnik, Smyslov and Shirov.
Thanks for the comment. I think Botvinnik, Smyslov, and Shirov while not making the cut in this show, did make the cut as books in the overall Dojo Training Plan curriculum. There's a Keres book that I love and suggested, but did not quite fit in.
What modern alternatives for Chernev's "Logical Chess" do you recommend?
1:45 yes!!!! Form some one that plays both chess and golf at high level it's that moment in sports when one's mind is in a state of Zen Zone. "The “zone” is a state of supreme focus helps athletes in all sports perform at their peak potential. It is when your mind fully connects with that moment or goal, Attention is absorbed into the present (the here and now only)."
In chess a sport of the mind it can be over the bord or in learning connecting the pieces like a puzzle and just like that the image begins to take shape, your long climb over the mountain of errors, inaccuracy and blunders ends and starts a new Journey descending down into the valley of knowing and understanding, the mind is the a well for knowledge it must first be filled, then can you drink from it.
Yasser is a big Jeremy Silman fan. Silman likes "My System"
This was great to watch. It was interesting to hear your thoughts, and you came up with a nice list at the end. Also, it is clear that you all are good friends, and that was fun to watch.
I think it would be challenging and interesting for you guys to do this but limiting yourselves to books published after 2000 (or another year).
Another idea is to do this exercise but for books for 2000+ rated players. My FIDE and USCF are inactive but both over 2200 and I'd like to see what you have for that. Sure, there would be several Dvoretsky books and Kasparov's books would get through the door, too. :-)
You can absolutely have a "spiritual" experience with chess learning. I think a good way to understand it is to describe it as a sense of awe.
Love these book reviews Chess dojo, was expecting to see Bronstein's Zurich'53 and your thoughts on it.
I'd guess there's too much "junk volume", though the best ones in the book are up there with some of the books on the list
Yeah how’d Zurich not get on here when it was on Kostys list number one in past videos on books
I've read Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, and David's comment that this can make someone into a chess player is spot on. I'm going to get to Grandmaster Preparation by Polugaevsky when I can clear out my current reading list.
great watch, really enjoyed watching. Thanks
One of my favorite books that was surprisingly not mentioned, is
find the right plan by Anatoly Karpov
My favorite chess book of all time is "Fischer Spassky move by move" by Larry Evans. By quite some margin, actually.
In a perfect world, there would be similar books on the other WC matches, too.
I am really surprised that How to Reassess your Chess or any other Silman books didn't make it anywhere on this list. They are all really solid books
Yeah, his Complete Endgame Course is MANDATORY chess reading.
@zachhaywood1564 I ordered that mandatory copy of Silman's Endgame Course 30% off Cyber Monday sale. It arrives today. I also have the signed hard copy of Reassess Your Chess.
R.I.P. Silman
Great video! I'm a 1400 strength player trying to start a chess book collection, and this video was super helpful. You've earned a new subscriber :) It would be cool if you guys made a video about Nimzowitsch's My System and why it's so controversial (unless you already did, haha)
One glaring error in "My Great Predecessors Vol. IV", is the A. Saidy - R. Fischer game on page 314 where Kasparov gives 47... Nh5?! as played.
Saidy himself has said the scoresheet showed 47... Ne4! was the actual move. And he should know.
After the erred move Kasparov 47... Nh5?! he gives an analysis of a drawing line which could never take place because 47... Ne4! was played forcing a win.
good content deserve more views
I wonder if Nihal Sarin would die by laughter if he heard Jesse and David tell people to read My System. Jk great video and great idea having Ben on for this.
You guys need to read the article on The 7 Deadly Sin in the fall 2003 Square magazine. Great story
great session guys , hope you reorganize this by level and topic ( beginner, intermediate, advanced, / Opening, Middle game, Endings)
My System & Chess Praxis are also available in a combined version from New In Chess so that's fair to call it one book :)
Wow look at those picks!
I don't consider any game Collection in my top 10 or top 100,this is not real training, its a pleasure, when I am too lazy for training :p Ofc you can stop and analyse diagram or visualise position in your head and pretend its a training but it is more practical to read games collections organized around pawn structures or patterns or ideas (ex attack) I love idea+example+exercises kind of books in my training. Yusupov series In my opinion is the best training book, straight to the point, every idea has multiple examples and even more exercises. I also loved shereshevsky, dvoretsky endgame manual, 100endgames, Aagard attacking manual, cognitive chess(visualisation), L Polgar "chess". Its top 6 or 7 :p i am 1st category player, close to CM level. All kinds of calculation puzzle(not just combinations and tactics) books are very important too
Bennyficial in the Dojo!
Nice video!
Ben books are more approachable for club players. Suggest a session talking about good club player training books like Most dojo audience
I have some of these books, but find some less accessible than they could be because they were written when descriptive notation was used, so you have to learn that first. Maybe there are some modern reprints of e.g. Fischer's games with the current notation system? I'm not aware of any, but it would be helpful to those of us who don't want to spend time wrapping their heads around a system that's now obsolete.
Very informative
Very interesting and enjoyable discussion, but I feel like the guys other than Kostya really are underrating more modern books. In terms of improving chess ability/understanding, Grandmaster Preparation and Dvoretsky (and also Yusupov imo) have to be near the top.
I would love to know what you think about the chessbooks from Arthur van de Oudeweetering. He has written „Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition“ (2014) and „Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition“ (2016) and last but not least „Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners“ (2019).
Do you have any thoughts on how well this book fits an adult improver with 1800 Elo (in real life, not online) who whants to become a better chessplayer?
Instead of this I worked through How to reasses your chess, 4th edition, and I finally overcame a rating plateau.
Can anyone on this thread recommend a book that specifically examines the initial phase of the middlegame once the opening is over? I remember some famous books called "From the middlegame into the endgame" and "from the opening into the endgame" - I'm essentially looking for a "from the opening into the middlegame" - a book about getting pieces to optimal squares and getting the bone firmly in the dog's teeth.
Yes thanks!😅
I enjoy these so much that I can't read any books !
Two excellent books complete manual of positional chess volumes 1 & 2 are missing in their list. Amateur's mind is also missing. The art of sacrifice in chess 21st century edition is missing. Many good books are missing
My 60 memorable games.. Enjoyable.
Putting My System in the program would be a huge mistake - I completely agree with what Ben said.
Hi guys
Thank you for great video. Could you please suggest the best strategy book for improving strategy of 1200-1500 players.
Winning Chess Strategies by Silman and Seirawan (also available as a Chessable course) is what we agreed on for that level in our training program.
No Zurich 1953?
My early book, winning chess strategies and winning chess tactics by seirawan has great impact on me..
Kostya! Buddy, you gotta control your "um". Between 15:22 and 17:22 you said "um" 14 times!!! As a listener it's super distracting. Sharing this obviously because I really enjoy your pod and want it to get better. thx.
why Jesse does not recommend the endgame strategy course on Chessable?
Great stuff!! Thanks for all the amazing content, it's much appreciated! I was wondering: I've been looking for chess books to read without a board, ie novels or biographies / history. Would anybody care to make a suggestion? I'm reading Shenk's The Immortal Game at the moment...
The Anand Files by Michiel Abeln, Mind Master by Anand, Endgame by Frank Brady
@@perpetualchesspodcast9143 thanks so much Ben! I was going to order the Anand Files, but it seems to be out if print, at least according to euro amazon. But I‘ll do some digging, sounds like a gem of a book!
Chess 5334 by Polgar
55:44 and they all sit up
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I’m an old man but I don’t feel The Art of Attack gets enough love. The section on focal points alone was a game changer.
I think it gets TOO much love. There are def many better books out there on this topic today.
@@sirigor82 which titles?
@@TheBigGuppy There is a book by McDonald, Marin, Franco, prize winning series by Aagaard. And dozens of very good puzzle books, most of which are about Attack.
I like Game Changer 😍
Kostya and Jesse are published... Ben is soon to be. David -- when will you catch up?
See that's what happens when you don't drill your mate in twos. Just sayin'.
I'm not very competitive.
The world championship1938, by Keres out of the lists?
Kostya was closest to being right :). I like Ben's list too, some more unusual titles there.....Re My System/ Chess Praxis - I'm with Ben, why waste your precious time, there are much better books out there
Hartston how to cheat at chess 🙂. Logical chess move by move - Irving Chernov Rook Endings by Levenfish Smyrnov
it is strange to me why jesse kraai would put a book written only in russian in the best books recommended , like WTH?????
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Worst book for me was nimzowich my system. I trusted it way too much never really understood it but always tried to look through its lense rather than think for myself
I love the idea of reading chess books, and I bought quite a collection because I love what they are trying to say, but I feel that I am not ready to read them. I am surprised that the Kasparov vs Karpov series by Kasparov was not mentioned. They are my most prized possessions, which I hope I become capable of reading one day. Fritz, the PC program, once told me my blitz rating was 1800, which I don't believe. I believe my chess rating is around 800. I believe that I will never give up on Chess. I just love the idea of the game, and even if I feel dispassionate and uninterested about chess sometimes, I don't get discouraged. I wish I could learn from a chess coach. I want to learn as much as I can about chess. I have been using the training module on Fritz to improve, and the only book that I have read is Winning Chess Tactics, by Yaseer Seirawan. I like reading generally, and I read Mr Seirawan's book like I read any other book, but I used a chess set to play the moves. This didn't help me a lot. I want to be able to visualise chess moves in my mind, without using a chess board. I like this chess channel on TH-cam, and I hope you go from strength to strength.
Pal Benkos book.
MGPs
Where is how to reassess your chess😂
These are def not very good lists! None of the Kasparov books belong on this list. Where are more John Nunn's books? Where is Jan Timman? Tibor Karolyi? Not even one Soltis book? No Mihail Marin??? No one thought of Smyslov book, by Terekhov? What about at least one book by Hendriks?
Also, as a general comment, most so-called classic books are overrated. Today's books are vastly superior, not just in terms of analysis, but in terms of selection of games, explanations, and general research.
Thanks for watching and sharing your opinions!
FWIW I was discussing most instructive books. If we were doing personal favorites I would have had Timman's Titans and On the Origin of Good Moves in there for sure. IMO You've got good taste in chess books! - Ben
I'll have to read some more of today's books. Thanks for sharing!
Ben Johnson has changed a lot since he got caught for cheating at the Olympics! ;-)
This "She-Reshevsky" is extremely misnamed! He's actually a man, and doesn't play like Reshevsky!
Everyone trying to put instructional books for everyone, while Pruess just randomly puts old books by legends.
Not sure what’s happening here.
Perhaps you'd like to share the correct list? 😉